Victor Morgendorffer (Pt. 2)
As Victor brushed a hand through his long dark red hair, he kept reminding himself that he shouldn't be surprised nor disappointed that his mother had bailed on driving him to school for his first day.
After all work always mattered more to her than anything else.
Though thinking about Daria and Quinn both getting rides from Dad was making him want to grind his teeth.
He had spotted the sign for the school bus stop on down the end of Glen Oaks Lane and discovered only a couple other kids his age lived on the same street.
One was a sporto type that didn't interest him, the other a quiet mousy girl that refused to say more words than she absolutely had to.
"This is going to be a long day." Victor muttered to himself as the bus finally decided to show.
For some reason the bulk of the kids on this particular bus were the squeaky clean, preppy, fit in at all cost types.
Which meant that the new kid with the long hair, the pierced ear, motorcycle boots, ripped jeans, a Gorillaz shirt, and an oversized skull ring on one finger managed to snag a seat all to himself.
No one seemed willing to talk to him, other than to ask his name or try and make fun of him.
Victor had learned well from the masters on how to deal with this.
He just told them to fuck off.
"My prediction came true," Victor said to himself after dealing with yet another would be tormentor, "This is going to be a long day."
He took out an old tattoo magazine to distract himself.
"Hey," a voice emerged, breaking his concentration, "Can I sit with you?"
Victor looked up from the pics of ink and saw a scrawny thing standing in the aisle, he had tanned skin, wavy brown hair, and wore blue jeans with a zipped up leather jacket.
Victor shrugged, "Sure."
The kid slid in next to him and said, "Danny Moreno."
"Victor, Victor Morgendorffer." Victor replied in a faux James Bond parody.
Danny laughed, "Movie buff, good. It'll be nice to have a cool new kid for once."
Victor started to wonder if things were looking up, just as he caught his first glimpse of Glenfield Middle School.
Then he thought better of it.